Playing their part
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The first women in the Air Force may not have flown, but they made a great contribution to the war at home.
Aircraftwomen (and sisters) Paddy and Lee Whitlock of Burwood, NSW, working on a Mosquito at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Williamtown, NSW. c. 1944.
In this article, Dr Kerry Neale explores the conditions that changed the old assumptions about women in military service. They not only entered the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, but got beyond the switchboard and into areas such as photo reconnaissance, the crucial job of packing parachutes, and even repairing plane engines.
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